“We ran a regression of the forecasted Fed funds rate onto forecasted inflation and forecasted output relative to potential… on this different data, forward-looking data.”

Carolin Pflueger and co-authors · Odd Lots · Why Treasuries Are 'Risky' Again

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Measured the market’s perceived policy reaction function by regressing forecasted Fed funds rates on forecasted inflation and output from a panel of 30-50 professional forecasters

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“You can run this regression of how much do yields change onto what's the inflation surprise on that day… gives another way of getting a perceived reaction function.”
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“The perceived reaction function that we saw at that time was extremely flat… even in May 2021 a half-percent inflation surprise… the two-year rate didn't move.”
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“I don't think you should shy away from it… if you're not forecasting them, you're at the whim of the market to price them correctly.”
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“We're actually doing our budgets every six months right now, and it's working. Keep the monthly forecast.”
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